Professor Ian Lowe: Highs and Lows of a Sustainable Future
This is a paper from a lecture Professor Ian Lowe gave at the National Press Club in Canberra. It is in 2006 but the ideas are still relevant. I remember Professor Lowe when I attended Griffith University at 24 years of age. He is a experienced voice and environmental expert. Griffith is now an environmental… Continue reading
From Financial Collapse to the GNH of a New Earth
FROM FINANCIAL COLLAPSE TO THE GNH OF A NEW EARTH
The debt bubble,
Carries dreams and hopes,
As the children of the future,
Are mortgaged,
Before their sub-prime,
As their future is no longer,
An option.
The economic system,
Is a global model,
Where supply meets demand,
Graphing equilibrium,
As price settings,
Delivering average prices,… Continue reading
Community Currencies for Sustainability
The currency of community is a community currency.
http://bruce-conway.com/survivethenwo/noahs_archives/Barter_and_alt_currencies.pdf
BARTERING FOR A BETTER FUTURE? COMMUNITY CURRENCIES AND
SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
By
Gill Seyfang
CSERGE Working Paper EDM 04-10
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Author contact details:
Gill Seyfang: email – g.seyfang@uea.ac.uk
Tel:… Continue reading
End of Growth: The Real China Syndrome
The article below is an excellent overview outlining the realities and challenges facing China and by implication the World economy. China has approximately 1/6th of the world’s population, that is, just over 1.3 billion people (1,330,044,605 as of mid-2008). China has in approximately 50 years gone from the Cultural Revolution in 1966-1976 (socialism) to the… Continue reading
The Changing Roles of Women and Men
It is really interesting where I find myself, I am a woman but never had children. I had a career and a calling in the area of peace. So my inspiration was not to have children. So when I hear assertions that women are here to nurture children and that the role of women is… Continue reading
OECD Seeks Happiness A Good Development
This article depicts the shifting economic mindsets to social wellbeing away from economic indicators of economic wellbeing. This is a positive development as there is a growing awareness that people are not happy. In truth it is a similar proposition to the idea that money can not make you happy. I have known people from… Continue reading